Monday 13th May, 2019

Ho, May 13, GNA - A Ho Circuit Court
presided over by Mrs Priscilla Dikro Ofori has sentenced a 33-year old Wonder
Gafatsi, unemployed, to four months imprisonment in hard labour for peddling
narcotics.

The court also ordered him to pay a fine of
70 penalty units, equivalent of eight hundred and forty cedis (GH₵840.00) or in
default serve another four months imprisonment.

Prosecuting, Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) Samuel Aboagye told the court that on 31 August, 2017 at about 1430
hours, the Akatsi Police conducted a swoop at Gagbakope a suburb of Akatsi and
arrested the accused who was carrying a black school bag on his back.

He said a search into the bag revealed some
quantities and 26 wrappings of suspected cannabis sativa.

The prosecution said in his cautioned
statement the accused claimed ownership of the bag but denied its contents.

DSP Aboagye said the accused was arraigned
on a preliminary charge after which the exhibits were sent to the Police
Forensic Laboratory in Accra for examination.

The prosecution said a report from the
laboratory confirmed the exhibits as cannabis sativa, a narcotic drug with a
net weight of 275.89kg.

The accused was subsequently charged for
peddling narcotic drugs without authorization and arraigned before court.